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Solomon's foreign wives turn his heart toward other gods
Solomon loved many foreign women who turned his heart after other gods in his old age. Because he did not remain wholly devoted to the LORD, God declared that the kingdom would be torn from his son, though one tribe would remain for David's sake (1 Kings 11:1-13).
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📖 1 Kings 11:1–3
1King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. 2These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. 3He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
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Sources: Scripture — 1 Kings 11:1-13
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